Rose Farmhouse

Rose Farmhouse is a house dating from the mid-17th century, situated in Walton, off The Balk. It is constructed of large dressed stone with a stone slate roof. The building has a 3-cell plan, with a lobby-entry at the junction of the second and third cells, and a continuous rear outshut. The front doorway has composite jambs and a chamfered surround, with a small chamfered light above. Originally three ground-floor windows, now of varying widths (formerly 4, 5, and 4 lights), have shallow double-chamfered surrounds with a continuous dripmould. First-floor windows have plain stone surrounds and wooden casements. The gables are coped, with a ridge stack to the left gable and another at the junction of the second and third cells. The rear elevation has three small 2-light windows and two larger windows to the first floor. The larger coursed masonry on the rear indicates that the outshut was originally single-storey. The right-hand return has a 4-light window above a 3-light window, both under a continuous hoodmould. The left-hand return has a doorway with composite jambs and a chamfered surround.

Inside, the central housebody features a large, depressed Tudor-arched fireplace with a chamfered surround and an unusual arrangement of stop-chamfered beams forming a lozenge shape. The parlour, on the right, has a smaller Tudor-arched fireplace and two chamfered spine beams. The original kitchen, in the first cell, has a fire-screen against the side door with a heck-post, indicating that the fireplace had a fire-hood originally. A timbered arcade to the outshut comprises three posts with jowelled heads straight-braced to an arcade-plate, king-post trusses with single angle struts and heavily cambered tie beams of large scantling. Some timbers appear to be reused from an earlier structure.